IASR Vol.34, No.8 (No.402), August 2013 : Mumps (infectious parotitis) in Japan, as of July 2013

IASR Vol. 34, No.8 (No. 402) August 2013

Efficacy and safety of mumps vaccines
Laboratory diagnosis of mumps and differentiation of vaccine and wild strains
New criteria for mumps virus classification and mumps virus genotypes circulated in Japan, 1986-2012
Molecular epidemiology of mumps virus isolated in Yokohama City, 1999-2012
Pediatric cases of hearing loss caused by mumps infection
Hearing impairment caused by mumps infection and its compensation
Natural infection of mumps and post-vaccination aseptic meningitis
Recent mumps cases observed among the population that had received two rounds of MMR
vaccinations in the USA and measures taken-as of 2013
An early sign of hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic by coxsackievirus A6 for 2013-
Kumamoto
Outbreak of human metapneumovirus infection in a welfare facility, April 2013-Chiba City
Two falciparum malaria cases that occurred in the same tourist group returning from Kenya, June 2013
Rubella antibody prevalence among 20-29 year old females-data provided by a commercial
laboratory, January-June, 2013
Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from a foreigner patient, which
co-produced both NDM-1 metalo-ß-lactamase and OXA-181 carbapenemase, June 2013
Isolation of the NDM-, KPC- and OXA-48 type carbapenemase-producing bacteria in Japan
(as of July 2013)
New type carbapenemase TMB-2-producing Acinetobacter soli,which was isolated by blood culture of a wounded patient, May 2013